Tom Firefield and the disrespectful Fates

After leaving the goddess and passing some time doing absolutely nothing I decided to board a Bus to Las Vegas... today was the 20th of June the day Percy leaves the Lotus Casino and I had to be there to surprise him. I missed the bloke.

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There was someone near the entrance looking at me with doubt, however as soon a is turned my head to him his expression turned cheerful

"Would you like to enter?" he asks

"I am literally 12..." I ask in a deadpan

"Oh don't worry about your age, we have permits to let younglings enter as long as you do not bet, so would you like me to open the door for you?"

" Mmh. I think I will wait for my friends to come out... did you know? One is a son of Poseidon, the other a child of Athena... imagine what would happen if the parents came to know that the questers tasked to retrieve an item stolen from Zeus himself can't do their job because the lotus-eaters decided to bewitch their spawns... Wouldn't be nice if you guys would lose your home AGAIN just because of 3 people no?" I say with a calm smile and calm tone.

He freezes for a second, before managing to school his expression "Why do you not go inside and bring them out?"

"Are you an idiot? Why would I go inside myself? They will come out themselves in a few hours at most... I just wanted to speed things up a bit... I really hope the son of Poseidon will not decide to destroy this place in anger after he gets out for interrupting a quest." I smile sadistically at the man who albeit gulping did not give in

"Will he really get out now?" he asks mischievously not believing my bluff

"We will see then, want to make a bet?" I ask the man

"Oh? And what does it entail?"

How am I going to explain my knowledge here? Ah! I could use the dream thing, demigods sometimes have dreams regarding their life, in general, it is a well-known fact... could a mortal also have those? PROBABLY if the fates want him to see something that might change the Mythological world or his life in it... I do not believe that the fates do not know of me, they know everything after all... Let's take a gamble, I do not want to see one of my favorite characters die because I did not intervene to "preserve the timeline". Of I can do something I will if I cannot I will not.

" You see, I had a dream about this place, two people were screaming and asking for my help... I... do not know if it is real but, you never know. So the bet is: if before midnight my friends get out of this cursed place, you will take out two more people of my choosing, I will for my part calm the son of Poseidon down when he will want to raid this place to the ground. If not I will enter the casino myself as you suggested. What do you say?" I ask with my grin(tm), tilting my head to the side a bit to fake sound innocent.

At this, he grins widely, in all his life he has never been asked something like this and if he had to be honest... it was intriguing, just who will this guy ask me to get out "Mmh... Sure let's roll with it then, I believe that if I do not keep my side of the bargain you will kill me on the spot no?"

"Correct by only if you accept, I do not kill needlessly... the couple I ask you to get out is Nico and Bianca di Angelo, I hope you will uphold your end of the deal, for the safety of your head"

Thankfully it was none important, those two have been inside since something like 1939... "Sure why not"

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Suddenly there was a loud BANG coming from inside the casino, the man frowned and looks at me inquisitively

"Ah! Someone is trying to get out~ You might want to start calling The Di Angelos dear" I could see the man getting impatient

BANG

Another loud sound and three idiots could be seen running away from the casino

While I was distracted the man made the wrong choice, he lunges at me trying to kill me "Ahh" I sigh cutting his head cleanly I look at him as if I was looking at a bug "You could have made my life so much easier but noooo, you HAD to be a dick about it..." I glance at the running figures in front of me before deciding to sprint in their direction

They were about to reach a taxi when a voice froze them on the spot

"Well, well, well... I see that someone has already forgotten their best friend... tsk... who would have thought... How feeble friendship is" The mirth in the tone was obvious, but Percy's reaction was literal GOLD. The moment I spoke he spun around, his eyes going comically wide, his mouth hanging down as if he had seen a ghost, then out of nowhere the moment I finish speaking he runs to me

"Toooom, you are alive! ....Tom fuck I thought, I thought" he then cuts off the embrace briefly to look at me and I can see his eyes going madly wet, he resumes the hug and I do as well

"My, my Percy what friend would I be if I decided to just die and live you alone in this whole ordeal I admit I was somewhat lucky but... eh here I am.

" You!" he now says angrily "You still can joke around at a time like this?!"

"You know me... I bring the letters "fun" in the word party"

Annabeth looks at me with a weird smile after hugging me as well as Grover "But there is no "fun" in party"

"Exactly! Now, do you see why I am particularly needed, my dear wise girl?" I say with a grin

She just pouts "Prat"

"Glad to have you back Tom," says Grover with a smile

"Thanks, G-Man always good to see you again"

"Now Tom, you have to tell me what the hell happened when we jumped." Says Percy in a no-bullshit tone which I just find extremely hilarious

"And you will need to tell me about your adventures as well"

We then take a cab, directed to Santa Monica's bay. Her Highness (Annabeth) and her godly Casino Card make it possible (#notsponsored). To avoid suspicion while we talk about supernatural stuff we tell the driver that we trying to recite a script for school

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Meanwhile in Olympus

"Oh! The long-awaited reunion!" says a squealing Aphrodite "He is so dreamy~"

"Oh come on Aphrodite, he is still a kid for Zeus' sake! Can't you show some self-restraint?" says an annoyed Artemis

"Exactly! Since he is still a young man I'm calling dibs as early as possible!" Counter a now completely excited goddess

"Ugh... Disgusting... Poor guy having to deal with you"

Immediately the hall goes quiet, sure there were not many gods and goddesses, to begin with, but...

"A-Artemis... did you just... say " poor" to a male? AHAHAHA My little sister! I am so proud" Apollo quips immediately to the girl's extreme annoyance

"Shut up! And I am not you little sister for the umpteenth time"

"Ahhhh!" a squeal interrupts the bickering "Finally the virgin found someone she fancieeees~" An arrow narrowly missing the love goddess.

"I DO NOT fancy a male, understood!" if thunders were not her father's domain she would have asked to unleash some onto the other goddess and they sky would have shut up and complied. You do not just anger Artemis.

"Yes yes~, we understand. If you ever need help you know where to find me" wink

Before the hunters could explode, Poseidon interrupts asking the question everyone wanted to know the answer to "soo, are we all just going to ignore that the mortal had a demigod dream about these two Di Angelos or something?"

Silence envelops the hall again

"Why does everything have to be that complicated... one moment I think I understand the mortal and the next he finds a way to completely prove all my assumptions wrong" he is so infuriating but interesting at the same time... I want to smite him says an unusually tired Athena

"My, my, you even got Athena's attention dear~ Should I be jealous," lets out the love goddess while looking at the screen (courtesy of iris)

"Oh shut up Aphrodite, you know it is not like that" and she was being honest she felt nothing for the mortal... right now...

The Hall becomes quiet again everyone intently looking at the quartet

Artemis wanted to teleport to her hunt but... she needed to see the rest

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